Chocolate caramel pretzel tart

One of the most incredible vendors I met at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco was the rep for Gratify, a new line of gluten-free foods from Israel’s Osem Corporation. The irony wasn’t lost on me – Osem produces Bamba, the uber-popular peanut butter snack, which, not surprisingly, coincides with the exceptionally low instance of peanut allergies among Israeli children. And here they are producing a line of gluten-free foods for those of us with food sensitivities.

But irony aside, the Gratify line of crackers, pretzels and other snacks are far and above the best gluten-free foods I’ve ever tasted. You can easily serve these to a mixed crowd and no one would know they’re not made with gluten. They’ve got a fabulous crunch, perfect taste, and none of the grittiness common to gluten-free foods. Not sure how they did it, but score another win for Osem!

Ingredients

2-3 cup Gratify pretzel knots

1/3 cup Earth Balance or coconut oil

Drizzle of honey

14 ounces DAGOBA chocolate drops (2 bags)

1 cup whole milk

Garnish:

Bottle of caramel sauce

Milk chocolate pretzel crisps, optional

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Crush pretzels, and measure out 1 ½ cups of crumbs (you can save the extras to use as garnish).